Tina (our only child) FINALLY got married a week ago last Saturday - May 31st. At 36 1/2 years old it was about time!! LOL. Her father (Charlie) was a very proud and honored Daddy to give Tina's hand in marriage to Brad.

The weather report in N.J. for their wedding day was thunderstorms and hail (what gives with that - hail on May 31). Even though rain on a wedding is suppose to be good luck (who made that up), I wished for beautiful weather for their special day. The weather turned out not too bad at all. It did pour about 2 hours before the wedding. After the ceremony outside the church when we were taking pictures there was some sprinkles but no too bad.

The Mass was at 2:30 pm at Tina's church; 20 mins. from where Charlie & I live. I was worried what everyone was going to do between Church and the Reception since the Cocktail Hour was at 6:00 and dinner 7:00 pm. Between Tina being about 15 mins late going into the Church and the time to take pictures outside after the ceremony, time did fly.

Since my brother & his wife in Pennsylvania (near New Hope) were giving a wedding brunch the next day, Tina & Brad didn't leave for their honeymoon until Monday. They took Continental out of Newark at 8:30 am getting to Aruba around 1 pm. They had to wait all day for their Insel Air flight to Curacao. There flight was around 8:00 that evening. That was a loooong day.

They were staying at the Marriott in Curacao till last Saturday. On Saturday they were flying back to Aruba to stay at Casa del Mar for a week (they were using Brad's Aunt's timeshare). Sadly they received a call from Brad's mother on Wednesday morning saying that Brad's grandmother died.

The next morning at 7 am they flew out of Curacao to Aruba; getting the early morning AA flight to Miami, then changing to Newark. Charlie picked them up Thursday afternoon at 4 pm. They went to the wake Thursday nite and funeral on Friday.

Saturday morning at 5:30 am Charlie left to take them back to Newark for their 8:30 am flight back to Aruba. I checked their flight status and they got in 25 mins. late at 1:30 am. I felt so bad for them having to come home but Brad was very close to his grandmother. Beside having to come home, it cost them another $1300 for the flights and only spending a 1 1/2 in Curacao before hearing the bad news.

They are now finally in Aruba on their honeymoon at Casa del Mar. I know last night they went to Gianni's for dinner. Tina was presented with a dozen roses when she arrived at Gianni's. From the lady I know at Gianni's, I was told that Tina & Brad were going tonigh to Windows of Aruba at Divi. Wonder if they liked it there as I don't like their menu.

I made a website of pictures of Tina & Brad's wedding pictures

Tina & her Dad http://tinaandbradwedding.com/dad.aspx

Arriving at Church
http://tinaandbradwedding.com/tinachurch.aspx

More pictures
http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/view_shared?p=60fc1b5ca748dbd8495133

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So glad the wedding turned out OK. Thanks for sharing the pictures Liz.
Sorry to hear about your SILs Grandmother.

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liz, the pictures are great! so happy it turned out and the weather didn't ruin it!

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So you got the best of both worlds; it rained on their wedding day for good luck but it quit two hours before the wedding itself so as not to mess up the ceremony. Perfect!

Beautiful videos.

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Liz - beautiful!! Loved Tina's gown. Congratulations again!

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Really Really nice! I watched them all!!! Steve and I had that same song for our "wedding song" (Amazed by Lone Star), beautiful!!!

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defecting to St. Thomas 5/24-5/31/08, Lauderdale by the Sea 2/4-2/11/09; St. Croix Oct. '09!

Shakespeare said it best: All's well that ends well!

Congrats and best of luck to everyone!

PS: ElisabethNJ, I see you're at Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. Used to steam past there in a tug boat all the time. Somer's Point, too. All those points. Beware of rogue waves and waves of rogues!

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Yup, lots of boats come in and out of our inlet here!

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defecting to St. Thomas 5/24-5/31/08, Lauderdale by the Sea 2/4-2/11/09; St. Croix Oct. '09!